Sean McGinty is making a dream switch to Old Trafford after compensation was agreed for the Ireland Under-17 international defender, who already has reserve team experience despite being just 15-years-old.

Charlton chairman Richard Murray said: “To have a club like Manchester United tracking your youth players clearly shows the quality that our academy is currently producing.

“Of course, nothing would have made us happier than Sean coming through the ranks and representing our first team, and our coaches had high hopes for him.

"We did our utmost to persuade him to stay, but joining such a big Premier League club is obviously an attractive prospect, and Sean and his family made it clear that they wanted to move north to United.

“Manchester United have behaved entirely honourably throughout the process, and I’d like to thank them for that.”